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return to the sea the life and evolutionary times of - return to the sea portrays the life and evolutionary times of marine mammals from giant whales and sea cows that originated 55 million years ago to the deep diving elephant seals and clam eating walruses of modern times, glossary pbs public broadcasting service - acquired trait a phenotypic characteristic acquired during growth and development that is not genetically based and therefore cannot be passed on to the next generation for example the large muscles of a weightlifter, amazon com marine mammal biology an evolutionary - amazon com marine mammal biology an evolutionary approach 9780632052325 a rus hoelzel books, unraveling the tree of life dhushara com - introduction the comprehensive tree linked in figure 1 is a high resolution image of the evolutionary tree of life from viruses through bacteria and archaea to protista plants animals and fungi with a selection of representative species illustrated, glossary faculty of science and engineering - that part of the continental edge that is between the shoreline and the continental slope which has a very gentle slope of 0 1 and is often under the sea, loss of biodiversity and extinctions global issues - this first census of marine life coml hopes to act as a baseline of how human activity is affecting previously unexplored marine ecosystems, understanding evolution history theory evidence and - understanding evolution history theory evidence and implications by march 5 2006 updated may 2 2006 index introduction origin mythology mesopotamian and mediterranean origin belief, opinion wrap your mind around a whale the new york times - if you were somehow able to return to an ancient shoreline and happened upon the entire assemblage of early whales you wouldn t be able to guess which four legged creature would beget the whales we know